![]() In the framing narrative, an amateur sleuth, drawn by circumstance into the mystery in the story within the story, a professional detective, a foreign gentleman not exactly in the mold of Hercule Poirot but something of that type (without the tics). A victim many people would be happy to see dead (times two). It’s a tightly plotted, handsomely presented, smartly acted, entirely enjoyable and structurally unusual piece - a mystery centered around a mystery novel, two stories enacted in parallel in alternating and rhyming scenes, that between them, over the course of six episodes, give you practically everything you come to British mysteries for.Īn English village (times two). ![]() Those venues now share prime time as “Masterpiece” and “Masterpiece Mystery!” whose latest presentation, premiering Sunday, is “Magpie Murders,” adapted by Anthony Horowitz ( “Foyle’s War,” “Midsomer Murders”), from his own 2016 novel. “Masterpiece Theatre” was the network’s home for literary adaptations and classy historical dramas, and “Mystery!” the place for the … mysteries. ![]() Before the streaming warriors mined the world for content, British television made its way into the American living room almost exclusively by way of PBS and its affiliates. ![]()
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